Ego Chall: A Call of Duty Esports Podcast

On the 152nd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers update their Call of Duty League (CDL) power rankings, discuss Karma's comment on Pred replacing Huke in the OpTic Texas lineup, and more.

0:00 Intro

1:15 Neptune on Vancouver Surge confirmed

5:11 Vegas Falcons make roster change

9:57 Karma discusses Pred's return to OpTic Texas

15:45 Surprised Huke not on a roster?

29:27 CDL power rankings

43:43 Major 2, Week 1 qualifiers pick'em & predictions

55:26 Thank you

On the 151st episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the return of Pred to the OpTic Texas roster in place of Huke, Hicksy being released by the Vancouver Surge, and the guys complete their breakdown of the first Call of Duty League (CDL) Major.

0:00 Intro1:12 Pred returns to OpTic Texas, replaces Huke22:50 What does C9 do now?28:30 Surge officially release Hicksy36:42 Rest of C9 discussion48:48 Picking up entire Challengers roster?1:01:47 Vegas Falcons scrims blacklist?1:17:56 LA Guerrillas M8 next move1:28:17 Boston Breach should stay put1:35:47 Thank you

On the 150th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss a rumored roster change for the Vancouver Surge and the performances of the Toronto Ultra, Carolina Royal Ravens, and Minnesota ROKKR at the first Call of Duty League (CDL) Major of the 2025 season.

0:00 Intro

1:54 Seattle Surge

29:12 Toronto Ultra

46:59 Carolina Royal Ravens

1:09:05 Minnesota ROKKR

1:22:41 New maps incoming?

1:29:38 Thank you

On the 149th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the first Call of Duty League (CDL) Major of the 2025 season, including Atlanta FaZe's exciting win, the Los Angeles Thieves' narrow loss, OpTic Texas' early exit, and much more.

0:00 Intro

1:14 FaZe vs. LAT grand finals

21:07 EU crowd

24:53 What could LAT have done differently?

32:18 Scrap vs. Drazah rivalry

44:27 What happened to OpTic Texas?

1:03:15 Could Pred return to OpTic?

1:10:00 Miami Heretics surprises with T3 finish

1:21:05 Atlanta FaZe stats / records

1:30:00 Updated CDL standings

1:32:24 Thank you

On the 148th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers preview the first Major of the 2025 Call of Duty League (CDL) season and discuss the news regarding Challengers Open events the rest of the season.

0:00 Intro

1:00 CDL Major 1 preview and predictions

1:00:25 Major 4 location & Challengers Open confirmation

1:10:42 Thank you

On the 147th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the OpTic Texas snaking drama and give their picks for the final week of the Call of Duty League (CDL) Major 1 qualifiers.

On the 146th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the latest Call of Duty League (CDL) qualifier matches, including OpTic Texas beating LA Thieves and Cloud9 New York going 0-2. The guys also discuss Hastr0's purchase of the Team Envy / EnVyUs brand.

0:00 Intro

1:38 Hastr0 buys Envy

19:52 Major 1, Week 3 qualifiers discussion

44:51 Boston Breach / Snoopy vs. Carolina Royal Ravens / SlasheR

55:34 OpTic Texas vs. LA Thieves

1:19:14 Thank you

On the 145th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the return of Call of Duty League (CDL) qualifier matches, the news that Major 2 will not feature a Challengers event, and iLLeY changing his name to YoDa.

0:00 Intro

0:51 Major 2 will not have Challengers event

19:37 iLLeY becomes YoDa

27:03 Kaysan's $4K SnD event

34:11 CDL qualifiers week 3

54:13 Thank you

On the 144th episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers discuss the first Call of Duty League (CDL) Minor, which Atlanta FaZe won.

Intro 0:00

1:56 Atlanta FaZe wins Minor 1

15:31 Thoughts on Minor

23:50 Carolina Royal Ravens get 2nd

31:10 Rivalries and trash talk in CDL

39:48 Minnesota ROKKR surprise

49:38 OpTic Texas lose to Carolina in semifinals

59:15 LA Thieves lose & Nadeshot reacts

1:06:12 Cloud9 New York's Minor run & snaking controversy

1:09:55 Shotzzy wants to stream scrims

1:20:18 Thank you

On the 143rd episode of the Ego Chall Podcast, Justin Binkowski and Preston Byers preview the first Call of Duty League (CDL) Minor and give their predictions on who will win the single-elimination tournament.

0:00 Intro

1:13 Minor format and bracket

8:06 Vancouver Surge vs. Cloud9 New York

17:27 OpTic Texas vs. Vegas Falcons

21:45 Atlanta FaZe vs. Miami Heretics

28:35 Minnesota ROKKR vs. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8

37:20 Winner predictions

49:38 Break too long?

56:45 Thank you